According to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 493 likely Pensacola voters, the race for mayor is getting closer with Brian Spencer now only trailing by 7.3 percentage points – Grover Robinson…
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects fast-tracking Bayview Cross case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from the city of Pensacola to speed up consideration of a case about the removal of a decades-old cross from a city park….
No Port vision plan on council agenda
According to the timetable presented to the citizens in June, the Final Vision Plan and Reinvestment Strategy for the Port of Pensacola was to be given to the City on Monday, Oct….
Council agenda missing significant public records
The mayor’s office has released the agenda for next week’s Pensacola City Council meeting. Two items lack the necessary public records for the public to review what will be presented at the…
East Hill resident asks for town hall meeting on community center
We received this memo that has been sent to Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council: To: Mayor and Council Members of the City of Pensacola From: David Oberhausen Re: Any…
Scenic Highway Foundation offers trolley and boat tour
The Scenic Highway Foundation Board is excited about its first ever Trolley and Boat Tour — 1:45-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. The foundation calls it a “chance to see Pensacola’s Scenic Bluffs…
City attorney a finalist for Brownsville, Texas job
Pensacola City Attorney Lysia Bowling is among the four finalist to become attorney for the city of Brownsville, Texas. The other finalists are Brownsville Municipal Judge Rene E. De Coss, Denton City…
Call for artist for CUBED Luminous
The Pensacola Museum of Art, University of West Florida Historic Trust and ACRE TV Artist-Made-Tele-Vision have released an open call for artists for the second CUBED live public art event Nov. 8-11…
Saenger Theatre management considers options for new Palafox entrance
Press Release: The Saenger Theatre bid-out the installation of new Palafox entrance doors in order to facilitate implementation of employing metal detectors that were mandated by corporate for all SMG-managed venues worldwide…
Since primary, Spencer has outraised Robinson 2-1 in mayoral race
Brian Spencer has been a money-raising machine in his bid to be Pensacola’s next mayor. Since the August 28 primary, the Pensacola city councilman has raised $38.229 compared to Escambia County Commissioner…
Pensacola recognizes past lynchings and begins dialogue
by Duwayne Escobedo …Yesterday in Ferdinand Plaza, locals marked lynchings of David Alexander, Leander Shaw and others held in Pensacola over the past century by filling a big jar with soil from…
Olson changed administrative appeal procedures for non-union employees
We learned this morning that former City Administrator Eric Olson inactivated the Human Resource Manual and replaced it with the Mayor’s Administrative Policies and Procedures, effective May 25. The action has left…